Couple fed-up with house prices build own home out of recycled materials - for £1K

A young couple who struggled to get on the property ladder after years of renting have taken matters into their own hands by building a CABIN out of recycled materials.<br />Fed up with paying rent and unable to afford their own home, Christian Montez and Kyra Powell constructed the tiny home at the bargain price of £1000.<br />The cabin, which measures 2.6m wide by 5m long and has a height of 3.8m, includes a bedroom, a seating area, a log burner and an office space.<br />Mr Montez completed a masters in architecture in Bristol in May, whilst girlfriend of ten years Kyra, 28, finished furniture design at the National School of Furniture in Oxford two years ago.<br />The couple then returned home to rural Herefordshire, where they began work on the cabin, which is amongst the 60 acre grounds at Miss Powell's family farm.<br />Mr Montez, 29, said: "The thing is, in Hereford the cost of houses is quite high when you consider the wages.<br />"The average price for a two-bedroom house is about £190,000 and when you've been renting for five years, you see your savings dwindle away.<br />"We were so fed up of renting. It's just dead money that's going into someone else's pocket.